Michigan

In the next 24: Making beer or mead

MAKE SOME HOME BREWS: Want to learn how to brew your own beer or mead? The Kalamazoo Libation Organization of Brewers, a local home-brew club, is hosting “Learn to Homebrew” at 1 p.m. Saturday at Bell’s General Store, 355 E. Kalamazoo Ave. At 7 p.m., the Kalamazoo Bee Club will present Michigan author and mead maker Ken Schramm at the Kalamazoo Nature Center, 7000 N. Westnedge Ave., giving a demonstration on making mead, a liquor made from fermented honey and water. Both events are free. For more information, go to www.mlive.com/kalamabrew.